PSY 3123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Parental Leave, Monogamy, Frontal Lobe
3 Nov 2015
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Questions to expect: what would happen to y if x did not exist/this person says this, is he,she right or wrong (can be both)/what is the difference between a and b. Becoming a parent: becoming a parent = many positive outcomes, but also increasing stress. Psychologists feel that it is qualitatively different than normal stress: parental stress is attributable to major changes: Relational (the way you relate to others) Life-style, etc : stress can be worsened by many factors: Undesired pregnancy (stress levels would probably increase more than your average parental stress who intended to have a baby) Most couples come to the conclusion that they are just stressed out: parental stress is also influenced by events prior to birth, issues in the couple before baby arrives, depressive symptoms before baby, parents" expectations about parenting. The parents" age: no apparent liner relationship between parents" age and parental stress, some studies suggest a curvilinear relationship:
